Fall, 2017​﻿﻿Afternoon 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M."Canadian Art: Coast to Coast to Coast - A snapshot of Canadian Art from various Eras and Areas of the Country" *

September 20Indigenous Art in CanadaMatthew Ryan Smith, Curator, Glynhurst Gallery Major themes and critical events in contemporary indigenous art in Canada with a special focus on works created after Expo 67 in Montreal.

Matthew Ryan Smith, Ph.D., is a London, Ontario-based curator, writer, editor, and educator. He is currently the Curator of the Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant in Brantford, Ontario and a Sessional Professor of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. He is also the literary editor of First American Art Magazine, the Canadian section editor of the forthcoming Art Market Dictionary, and sits on the editorial board of the Moving Image Science Research Group at Kiel University, Germany. Matthew has published extensively on art and visual culture in publications including Canadian Art Magazine, Border Crossings, and C Magazine, and he has also published articles and reviews in academic journals including Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, Journal of Curatorial Studies, and Canadian Journal of Native Studies.

September 27Art in Colonial TimesDenis Longchamps, Chief Curator & Artistic Director, Art Gallery of BurlingtonAn overview of the art that was produced in Canada before and during Colonial Times including First Nations artistic practice pre-European contact, men and women travellers and European influences on the art of the time.

Denis Longchamps is the Artistic Director and Chief Curator at he Art Gallery of Burlington. He received his PhD in art history in 2009 from Concordia University where he was the administrator of the Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art from 2006 to 2011. Longchamps also taught art and craft history at Concordia University, York University and at Dawson College. He has contributed essays, articles and reviews to magazines and journals such as Espace-Sculpture, Ceramics Monthly, and Ceramics Art and Perception. Recent curatorial projects include Lyndal Osborne’s Of Water and Tides (2014), and the touring Naked Craft (2015-2017). He was the publisher and managing editor of Cahiers métiers d’art : Craft Journal (2006-2016).

October 4Inuit Art in CanadaAlysa Procida, Executive Director & Publisher, Inuit Art QuarterlyOver the past several years the professionalization and marketing has greatly changed for Inuit artists. In this lecture, the Foundation’s Executive Director Alysa Procida will broadly cover the history of Inuit art and how the Inuit Art Foundation as well as the Inuit Art Quarterly have been pillars of support in the development of this ever growing field.

Alysa Procida, Executive Director and Publisher, Inuit Art QuarterlyBringing a wealth of experience with Inuit art and non-profit leadership, Alysa Procida joined the IAF in 2015. Prior to becoming the Foundation’s Executive Director, Alysa was the Executive Director and Curator of the Museum of Inuit Art. Over her career she has written and presented internationally about using both traditional and new media channels to champion Inuit art to new and existing audiences.

October 11Klinkhoff Gallery: Collecting Canadian ArtworkAlan Klinkhoff, Owner, Alan Klinkhoff Gallery (Toronto)A journey in the Canadian art world from his personal perspective as the son of a well known gallery owner (The Walter Klinkhoff Gallery Montreal) He will give you insight into the special role that galleries play in the art world in encouraging artists and developing collections of fine art.

Alan Klinkhoff and his family have a long history in the Canadian art world. Alan has been working in the art business full time for going on 43 years, however involved “since the crib”, rubbing shoulders with famous Canadian artists from his youth. Alan’s father owned the renowned Walter Klinkhoff Gallery in Montreal a fixture in the Canadian art world for 6 decades. It wasn’t unusual for Alan to be asked to go and pick up new works of art from the likes of A. Y. Jackson. Alan Klinkhoff now owns two galleries, the Alan Klinkhoff Gallery in Toronto and the Galerie Alan Klinkhoff in Montreal where his two sons, Jonathan and Craig, and his wife Helen also work with him in the family business. Their galleries specialize in fine Canadian art, “classic” Canadian art, defined as to be judged to be of the highest quality, outstanding in their class and of recognized and enduring value. Generally speaking , their artwork is of the period 1850 to 2000. For much of that work have a market respected expertise developed over the decades of experience and exposure to great art.This is precisely the expertise Alan is now apprenticing to his sons, a unique expertise to carry forward to the next generation.

October 18Abstract Expressionism in CanadaGreg Humeniuk, Art Historian and Curator.An exploration of the evolution of abstract painting in Canada from 1945 to 1967 in relation to international and national contexts, with particular focus on activity in Montreal and Toronto.

Gregory Humeniuk is an independent curator and art historian. He has researched and published aspects of Canadian art from the mid-nineteenth century through to the contemporary. During a decade in the Art Gallery of Ontario’s curatorial department he worked on Canadian, European, as well as modern and contemporary art. He is currently preparing a monograph on Ron Martin for the Art Canada Institute.

October 25Regional Art in Canada during the 20th CenturyGerta Moray, Professor Emerita of the University of GuelphCanada enjoyed a cultural explosion after World War II, when widely diverse local geographies and cultural legacies gave rise to regional currents, both in abstract art and in new figurative imagery.

Gerta Moray is a Professor Emerita of the University of Guelph, where she taught art history in the School of Fine Art and Music from 1989-2006. She is the author of Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr (Vancouver: UBC Press 2006) and of many articles and exhibition catalogues on contemporary Canadian artists. Her most recent publication is a monograph, Harold Town, Life and Work, for the Art Canada Institute

November 1Art at the McMichael CollectionAnna Stanisz, Executive Director, McMichael Gallery A discussion about Robert and Signe McMichael’s passion for collecting Canadian artworks that led to the creation of the iconic Canadian gallery the connection between the McMichaels and the Group of Seven, and the Group’s importance in the genre of landscape painting at the time.

Anna Stanisz is the McMichael Associate Director, Creative Learning & Programs. She holds Master's degrees in Art History and Archeology from University Sorbonne in Paris. Prior to joining the McMichael, Anna worked in Poland as an assistant curator at the National Museum in Cracow.In addition to lecturing regularly on historical Canadian art, Anna oversees McMichael programs and interpretation through development of school and public programs, art lectures, educational projects and exhibits.

November 8Royal Bank of Canada as a CollectorCorrie Jackson, Curator, RBC CollectionWith a commitment to supporting the work of emerging artists, the RBC Art Collection has been actively acquiring art by Canadians since 1929. Corrie Jackson will discuss the importance of supporting artists in the early stages of their careers. This presentation will reflect on RBC’s acquisition strategy, as well as programs such as the RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

Corrie Jackson joined RBC as the Assistant Art Curator in 2014, overseeing the management of the RBC Corporate Art Collection. Previously she worked at the Justina M. Barnicke at the University of Toronto, at Sotheby’s Canada, and as an independent curator. She holds a Masters in Visual Studies, Curatorial Practice.